sphereit start Compete (a R/WW sponsor) has released data that shows MySpace and Yahoo are the top websites in terms of average time spent on them by users. The data is for US users only. Here are the figures from Compete, expressed as % of total time spent online in the US in Dec 06: … Read more

Red Swoosh is a P2P desktop client which appears to compete against the BitTorrent client. It’s a very promising technology in a Web world increasingly filled with video and other large multimedia files. Red Swoosh is a desktop client (Windows only) that enables users to download and stream files from each other, rather than from … Read more

Disclosure: Zoho is a sponsor of R/WW. Late last week, Web Office provider Zoho and online storage company Omnidrive announced a partnership, allowing users to edit a Zoho office document and save directly into Omnidrive. Also, both Omnidrive and Zoho released APIs. The news has already been covered in-depth elsewhere – e.g. TechCrunch and Zoli’s … Read more

IBM has just released a new product called Many Eyes, a “shared visualization and discovery” service. We talked about the usefulness or otherwise of 3D graphics on the Web earlier this week (and most people agree that 3D is becoming increasingly relevant), so this is I suppose another rich way to present data and content … Read more

Written by Gang Lu and edited by Richard MacManus There are many so-called Chinese YouTubes fighting it out on the Chinese web2.0 battleground, but one that caught our attention is Mojiti.com, launched in November 2006. What makes Mojiti special in this market is that it offers users a fresh experience: videos are not just available … Read more

Nevermind Mobile Web 2.0, you’ve got to admire Irishman Pat Phelan’s 2 recent mobile services: AllFreeCalls.net and now Roam4Free. The former is a complicated workaround that makes it possible for USA residents to call an Iowa-based phone number and from there make free international calls. Unfortunately I can’t take advantage of this, as I’m not … Read more

In Chennai, India, a DEMO-like event called Proto.in was held this week to showcase 30 new technology companies. As of now there is no information on the official blog about the presenting companies, but organizer Vijay Anand sent me a list of the companies along with descriptions. The event wasn’t just for web 2.0 type … Read more

Music discovery and social networking site MyStrands has undergone a re-vamp. It includes better integration between the online, mobile and physical worlds; excellent new mobile features including a mobile Web portal and personalized radio station; new navigation on the site; and a personal version of partyStrands, their service for party organizers, bars, clubs and DJs. … Read more

We’re piloting a new feature on Read/WriteWeb, called Point/Counterpoint. It’s where two authors (John Milan and Alex Iskold in this case) argue two sides of an intriguing question. We’d also like you, the reader, to contribute YOUR thoughts in the comments section. Who do you agree with the most – John or Alex – and … Read more

The big news today is that IBM has released an enterprise social networking suite, called Lotus Connections. The NY Times explains: “Lotus Connections has five components — activities, communities, dogear (a bookmarking system), profiles and blogs — aimed at helping experts within a company connect and build new relationships based on their individual needs.” The … Read more

3D interfaces have been around since the Web began – and more than one dot com fell by the wayside partly because of an over-reaching 3D interface (cough, boo.com). Indeed as we noted in December, virtual shopping malls are still alive and kicking. But is 3D of any use on the Web, or is it … Read more

A quick thank you to Read/WriteWeb’s excellent sponsors, for supporting quality content on Web Technology. Thanks also to our fast growing community of readers – your comments and encouragement spur us along every day. If you’re a fan of R/WW, you may like to sign up to our MyBlogLog community too. R/WW’s current sponsors are: … Read more

Another startup has bitten the dust, RSS company Syndicate IQ has “ceased operations” according to a notice on its homepage. Syndicate IQ was a company that provided feed management, statistics and adverts – similar to Feedburner. Syndicate IQ launched in December 2004 and its goal was to “manage, measure, and monetize syndicated content”, according to … Read more

Occasional Read/WriteWeb guest writer Rudy De Waele has started up a Mobile 2.0 wiki. Rudy’s intro: “Following the response and feedback on “Understanding Mobile 2.0” article at Read/WriteWeb, I created this wiki space to start categorizing the so-called mobile 2.0 companies, the next generation mobile products and services coming to market.” This is an excellent … Read more

Lately I’ve received some odd emails from wiki vendors Wikia and MindTouch about the domain wiki.com. A brief history: wiki.com (the domain name) was bought last year by entrepreneur John Gotts for a staggering $2.86 Million. After purchasing it, Gotts partnered with MindTouch, a wiki vendor comprised of ex-Microsoft employees. At the time the huge … Read more